A higher level brings you new skills, passive bonuses, and generally a higher chance to survive in the infected open world in Dying Light 2. We will show you how to level up faster and what you can do to grind your level on MeinMMO.
In Dying Light 2, you fuel three types of leveling systems with your gameplay:
- Account Level – Determines the tier of your equipment
- Combat Points – Unlock combat skills
- Parkour Points – Unlock parkour skills
You increase your levels by completing tasks in the world and using the two actions “Fight” and “Parkour”. We will show you how to progress faster in 5 simple tips.
1. Quests – Experience the People
Every story mission, every side quest, gets you ahead faster than most other leveling methods in the game.
Engage with the problems of the people in Dying Light 2 and help them with their concerns – then they will help you with your level.
Stay alert in the safe zones with people and pay attention to challenges. There are challenges for combat and your parkour skills. In a parkour challenge, for example, you have to complete a delivery with a time limit.
- Our 5 tips will help you level up faster on the side. If you prefer to grind your experience points between missions, check out our Extra Tip: The Grind Methods
2. Exploration – Discover the World
If you are not under time pressure, keep your eyes open for special missions during your elegant parkour journeys through the city.
If you see a blue marker on the mini-map or in your HUD, it is usually worth a small detour. The blue signals lead you to special zombies or a poor soul in need of your help.
It can also be worthwhile to climb to a high spot and use binoculars to check the surroundings. This way, you will find new challenges and locations like windmills and other interesting spots.
Some are time-dependent – dark zones are full of zombies during the day, who roam the streets at night. Particularly worthwhile are the GRE research facilities. They provide you with inhibitors for stamina and health, are full of loot boxes, and give you a nice amount of combat and parkour XP upon completion.
Other points of interest offer you further advantages, like the metro stations in the Central Loop. With the stations, you unlock fast travel points and ensure an extra portion of combat XP. But you should feel strong enough before tackling the metro.
Explored but not looted locations can be found in your journal under the “Activities” section.
During the day, don’t get too distracted by the open world if you want to level up quickly.
3. Nights Make Everything Worthwhile
At night, it makes more sense to let yourself get distracted. The darkness gives you generally more experience points for your actions.
When it comes to hunting, it can rain a lot of XP for you. At hunting level 1, a 2x XP multiplier starts immediately. Combat and parkour actions will then accelerate your progress. With each hunting level, the multiplier increases by 1.
However, since it’s not exactly safe on the streets at night, you will have to earn the extra XP with an increased pulse.
If you venture into danger at night, make sure to check which direction the nearest safe zone is with the saving UV lights. You only get the extra XP if you go to sleep without dying.
From hunting level 3, the really nasty creatures crawl out of their holes. For a small level hunt, you should better stay at level 2.
4. Be a Parkour Enthusiast and Martial Artist
The more you immerse yourself in the parkour and combat system, the more lands on your experience points account.
Use the learned combat skills in your battles, block a lot, and combine your hits with parkour movement. If you use the skills from your repertoire more than normal attacks, the XP yield will significantly increase.
It’s similar with parkour. Instead of just sprinting straight over a space or roof, use the ubiquitous parkour elements. Jump, slide, and balance your way through the world.
Through all the jumps and elegant shortcuts, you will often progress faster across the world – not just in level.
5. Wear Appropriate Clothing
Even in the zombie apocalypse, there is a dress code. To an extravagant weapon of your choice, the right survival outfit belongs.
Focus on equipment that guarantees you an XP bonus. So, if you have to choose between 2 pieces of clothing, prefer the extra experience.
Taking a look into the inventories of different traders can also be worthwhile to get XP gear. However, don’t spend your hard-earned money too early in the game. Save up at the beginning and spend when you have a bit of money left.
Extra Tip: The Grind Methods
Finally, we want to show you 2 methods with which you can increase your combat and parkour skills.
Combat Skills: You can use the hunting function to quickly gather a lot of combat XP. Find a safe zone that you can enter quickly and easily and that is not far from a zombie-infested street.
Equip yourself for the fight and ambush a howler nearby with an action of your choice. A well-thrown brick does the job just as well as a blunt object to the head of the annoying screamer.
This starts the hunt and the XP multiplier kicks in. Slice through the hordes of zombies and always stay close enough to the safe zone to make a quick escape.
At the latest, by hunting level 3, you should go to sleep. If you die before the end of the night, the bonus XP is gone. With stronger equipment and in co-op, you can also stay out longer – at your own risk.
You can see how the leveling method works in the English video by the YouTuber “Idicus”:
Parkour Skills: The farm method for movement skills is less action-packed. In fact, it can be quite monotonous, but efficient if you want to specifically increase your parkour skills.
There is a jump south of the Saint Joseph Hospital that you can repeat over and over again. The hospital is located just north in the “Houndsfield” area. The jump is safe, and it doesn’t matter whether it’s day or night – your training won’t be interrupted.
However, you need at least 3 skill points in the parkour tree for this. The skill “Long Jump” (2nd row, left of the first skill) allows you to jump much further using obstacles. This way, you can grind parkour XP undisturbed until you run out of desire.
If you want to see the method in the video, we are embedding a short English video by the YouTuber “Grrae”:
These were our simple tips for leveling up faster in Dying Light 2. If you know any tricks yourself, feel free to leave us a comment and share it with the community.
If you want to learn about which skills you should definitely choose, check this out: The best skills in Dying Light 2 that you should acquire as quickly as possible
